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On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)

by Solvej Balle

Translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell

NBA Translated 2025 · Finalist NBCC Fiction 2025 · Finalist NBA Translated 2024 · Longlist

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National Book Award for Translated Literature 2025 Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 2025 Finalist
National Book Award for Translated Literature 2024 Longlist

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The Guardian, best Books of 2025 No. 32
The New Yorker, the Best Books of 2025 No. 81
The New Yorker, the Best Books of 2024 No. 5

ISBN 9780571383405

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